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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
This! I had a buyer once who wanted me to pump the septic tank even though there were NEVER any problems with the septic system. Told them they could either buy it as is or I was letting another person buy it. They bought it with no pumping.

I don't understand this statement. You have to have the solids tank pumped every few years.

In my county it is required before the closing. You need to get a permit from the county to have it pumped and inspected. They actually make you replace a single chamber tank with a double chamber tank. Of course this new requirement came into effect 2 years after I bought my place...

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Originally posted by 1967Goat:

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
This! I had a buyer once who wanted me to pump the septic tank even though there were NEVER any problems with the septic system. Told them they could either buy it as is or I was letting another person buy it. They bought it with no pumping.

I don't understand this statement. You have to have the solids tank pumped every few years.

In my county it is required before the closing. You need to get a permit from the county to have it pumped and inspected. They actually make you replace a single chamber tank with a double chamber tank. Of course this new requirement came into effect 2 years after I bought my place...

That’s not true for all systems. Much depends on how much cooking has been done and how much grease, if any, is in the system, if the system has been properly maintained with Ridx or a similar product and even depends on how much hot water has been used. Septic pumping companies would have you believe pumping every few years is required, but it just isn’t always the case.

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That’s not true for all systems.

No shit?

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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That’s not true for all systems.

No shit?

Ya! No Shit.

Around here anyway, tanks are very seldom pumped. In ~18 years of plumbing / electrical service and repair work I only saw one that actually required it.

My current home is 42 years old, had a disposal and dishwasher and clothes washer since new, and the tank or field-line have never been pumped or given any trouble what-so-ever.

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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That’s not true for all systems.

No shit?

I wouldn’t shit you, you’re my favorite turd!

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Originally posted by Fredward:
I used the pool comment before sending her packing. Less than 24 hours later, I had competing offers. I accepted one for 8k OVER asking price. We shall see. At least my current realtor is actually working hard to sell my house. She has folks back to back walking through.

That's what its all about. If it's a sellers market, she's stupid to ask for stuff like that (unless she just wanted out of the deal.) In the buyer's market, it's hard to say no. Or if, like someone else posted, you as the seller have a contingent purchase coming up.

Glad its working out for you.

Well, it's not as frustrating as it could be. I own the house outright, and utilities and taxes are not excessive. I'm negotiating, I think, from a strong position.

How much cost should one plan on incurring to have this home gone through?

electrical, plumbing, insulation, sewer to the street, foundation, roof,siding windows .
https://www.melfosterco.com/Ho...REET-Orion-IL-61273/

( what did I miss?)

It would seem to me, if the buyer had made an earnest deposit contingent on the home inspection, she would forfeit deposit if she didn't make the purchase (if you made the listed repairs). If you are selling without a deposit, she can walk for any reason. The mold remediation is a non-issue. Spend $500 to make the listed items and keep her deposit if she backs out.

More than the need to pump the tank is the need to clean the filter.

I have a house that has a speced 4BR system. As I',m the only one here, two years is not needed. I have it done every three just to be on the safe side.

For about two hundred it's cheap insurance.

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Originally posted by gpbst3:
I learned a lesson on the last house we purchased. Its all in the details.

This times 100.

Mrs. P and I are VERY specific in the language we use for the fixes on houses. We specify a number of details about acceptable companies and receipts must be furnished. We don't go after cosmetic or minor stuff, but major things we demand to be fixed by pros and not the cousin's brother-in-law who has tools.

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Originally posted by Fredward:
I have a contract on my house. It was inspected by a man known locally as the Deal Killer. The wife of the buyer is the daughter of a building contractor, so she “knows stuff.” The inspector hit me with about 500 bucks worth of petty crap. The buyer, however, demanded mold remediation. I pointed out that there was no mold discovered, so it could not be fixed. She insists it be treated for mold. In this state, if it wasn’t defective on the inspection the buyer cannot make it a condition of sale. We shall see. This is one evil, nasty, millennial bitch.

We recently sold a house in Roxboro. Idiot bitch started the whole shit sandwich with her offer, funded by conventional loan.

No big deal at that point. Yes, it required an inspection, no big deal.

Wrong! The idiot bitch decided to go VA loan without telling anybody including her agent. Whole different set of "rules" dealing with the VA.

"inspector" came up with 3 1/2 pages of "defects". Shit like the pull down stairs from the attic do not sit evenly on the floor. After WEEKS if screwing around the deal finally went through. My wife and daughter were handling the MCF. Yeah, I know.

We ended up spending a bunch, doing a LOT of misc. BS before it was over. At least we are out of the whole mess.

When I found out about her going VA, I told wife to cancel the deal as the bitch lied and we could not trust a damned thing she said.

We could have sold the place for 10K more than we finally got out of it dealing with the lying bitch. Oh well, only money and at least we are rid of the place and the associated headaches.

Oh, we originally bought the place, completely renovated it for resale. Suddenly, our youngest grandson moved in with the provision that he pay $770 per month rent. He paid about half that amount ONCE and lived there for 4 years.

We paid insurance, water & electric, taxes, etc etc etc.

Only good thing about the whole shit sandwich is that it is off my/our plate now.

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Originally posted by Elk Hunter:


Wrong! The idiot bitch decided to go VA loan without telling anybody including her agent.

There are many sellers who won't even deal with the VA in a good market, because they are SUCH a PITA to deal with.

Did they try to ding you for railings? VA inspectors are OBSESSED with railings.

I went up there today with her defect list, even though I sent her down the road. The inspector said the disposal didn't work-turned on right away. Said the ceiling fan didn't work-the list goes on. I spent 4 hours there and corrected the crap that was wrong, like the light bulb in the range hood, all little crap. I have a service that inspects HVAC and plumbing twice a year free, so they came out and gave me sheets indicating inspection and functionality. I'm now waiting on an inspection by the new buyer, who offered significantly more money. I have high expectations.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
It would seem to me, if the buyer had made an earnest deposit contingent on the home inspection, she would forfeit deposit if she didn't make the purchase (if you made the listed repairs). If you are selling without a deposit, she can walk for any reason. The mold remediation is a non-issue. Spend $500 to make the listed items and keep her deposit if she backs out.

In most cases the buyer can always get their deposit back. If the contingency only says “satisfactory home inspection” and something is found, anything really, they can claim it unsatisfactory and back out. I don’t think they need to allow it to be fixed. Usually they will since people aren’t usually looking ok’ing to back out. They just want it fixed or money back. This mold thing is bizarre and I’d think grounds for keeping the deposit.